Donate

The College has a proud history of helping young people achieve amazing things. We do this through our continued and relentless commitment to providing all our pupils with outstanding support during every aspect of their time here. The Foundation was set up to encourage charitable support for the College and provide funds for means-tested bursaries and capital projects.

We rely on the generosity of our supporters to enhance and enrich the lives of pupils at Worksop College and we are incredibly grateful to everyone who makes a donation. The school has benefitted in the past from the generosity of individuals who believe in the future of school and generations of Worksopians to come.

Previous projects supported by donations to The Foundation include the build of a new boarding house (Mason), the development of the strength and conditioning centre, a new indoor golf analysis suite.

At this present time, it is more important than ever to focus our efforts outwards in extending our current bursary programme, making an education at Worksop College accessible to as many children as possible and as such, all donations received at the present time will be used to build our fund for bursaries. To read more about our 125 bursary fund please click here (to follow).

Should you wish your donation to be used for other purposes, please contact the Alumni Relations Office on alumni@wsnl.co.uk or call us on 01909 537100.

You can donate to Worksop College’s Foundation by a number of methods

Donate by Bank Transfer

We would be grateful if you could email the Development Office to let us know that you have made a donation via bank transfer. If you wish to donate in person, please drop into Worksop College during school hours and ask for Lucy Smithson at our reception. If you would prefer to arrange an appointment to donate in person, please email l.smithson@wsnl.co.uk

Donate Online

You can provide a single or regular donation via debit or credit card on our JustGiving page (link to follow) or with the donation form below.

Donate by Phone

If you would prefer to donate by phone, please call us on 01909 537100 and ask to speak with Lucy Smithson in the Alumni Relations Office.

Donate Shares

Did you know that donating shares is one of the most tax-effective ways to give to charity?

Donating your shares to Worksop College and Ranby House is not only a valuable way to support the work of the school but you can also make substantial savings in both capital gains tax and income tax. The donation of shares is one of the most tax-effective ways to support charities, as share donations receive income tax relief of 100% of their market value.

Donating Shares to Worksop College and Ranby House

Tax relief is available to UK taxpayers who donate shares and securities listed on the UK Stock Market, the Alternative Investment Market, and recognised stock exchanges overseas.

Your shares will be held either in a nominee account (ie proof of ownership is in electronic form) or in share certificate form.

Shares held in a nominee account

If shares are held in a nominee account, there are a few options:

You can instruct your broker to sell the shares ‘on our behalf’. In this instance your broker will require from us a signed letter confirming that we accept the gift of shares and that we request the sale of shares on behalf of Worksop College and Ranby House. Your broker will also require our bank details, which are:

Where shares are held in certificate form and depending on how you wish to proceed, the process is as follows:

Either

Handling the gift yourself

Contact your broker or the company’s registrar (their details can be found on your share certificate or dividend vouchers) who will provide a Stock Transfer Form for you to complete, transferring the shares from your name to that of Worksop College and Ranby House, and then return the form to them. It is important that you keep a copy of this form as it is your evidence to the Inland Revenue concerning the details and date of the gift.

The company registrar will then issue a new certificate in the name of Worksop College and Ranby House, which will be sent to us.

or

Letting Worksop College and Ranby House handle the gift.
Send us your share certificate with a letter of instruction agreeing to the disposal of the shares, and we will send you a Stock Transfer Form, which you will simply be asked to sign and return to us. We can then forward the certificate and completed Transfer Form to your broker or the company’s registrar.

Shares donated to Worksop College and Ranby House will be sold and invested in the Foundation Trust, and we will contact you to thank you and let you know the final value of your gift.

Please contact the Development & Alumni Relations Office for more information on gifting shares to Worksop College and Ranby House, on 01909 537100 or alumni@wsnl.co.uk

We are enormously grateful for all donations of shares to Worksop College and Ranby House.

Payroll Giving

Some employers offer a Payroll Giving Scheme, in which case you can ask your payroll department to deduct your charitable donations to Worksop College and Ranby House from your gross pay (before tax is deducted). As a result, you will automatically receive tax relief on your top rate of tax, with Worksop College and Ranby House receiving the gross value. If you are interested in this scheme please contact your company payroll department to make initial enquiries.

Payroll Giving may also be known as Give As you Earn or Workplace giving.

If you have chosen to donate in this way, please advise the school.

Company-Matched Giving

Many companies will help support charities through a matched giving scheme, whereby they will match gifts donated by their employees. Some companies have formal schemes for matched funding, while others may consider each request on its own merits. In many cases, participating companies will match an employee’s donation pound for pound up to a set amount. A number of organisations will even double-match. This means that Worksop College and Ranby House may be able to benefit from double or even treble the amount of your donation.

Click here (are we able to amend list to Worksop?) for a list of companies which we understand will match the charitable gifts of their employees. If your company is not listed, please contact your Human Resources department to enquire if such a scheme exists. A number of overseas organisations also operate similar schemes, particularly those in the US.

If you are interested in donating through the matching gift scheme, please contact your Human Resources department for a form which needs to be completed and sent to us. By using this scheme you can make your gift worth even more to Worksop College and Ranby House. If you have chosen to donate in this way, please advise the school

Gifts of Property

You can donate property to Worksop College and Ranby House, such as land, buildings, or other objects.

Tax relief can be claimed through donations of property when no interest in the property is retained. This can be through:

Income tax relief on the value of the donated property.

Exemption from capital gains tax on the increase in value of the donated property since first acquired, and reduced capital gains tax when property is sold at less than market value.

Exemption from inheritance tax.

Legacy Giving

Legacies play a vital role in providing for the long-term security of pupil bursaries at Worksop College. We understand that decisions concerning your will are very personal and your family will be your first priority. We hope that you might consider supporting future generations of pupils by remembering Worksop College in your will.

Worksop College is a charity and a legacy left to the Trust would be exempt from inheritance tax. If you leave 10% or more of your estate to charity, the inheritance tax on the remainder of your estate is reduced from 40% to 36%.

If you have already made a will and would like to add a bequest to Worksop College, you can do this through a Codicil Form, which should be kept along with the original version of your will.

When making a bequest in your will, please note that the beneficiary should be Worksop College, registered charity number 1103326.

You may wish to support a specific area of Worksop College and we will always honour your wishes. If you do not specify anything, bequests will be used by the Foundation to meet the school’s top priorities which, for the foreseeable future, will be transformational bursaries.

Making a will is an important step and it is recommended that you seek the advice of a solicitor. If you would like to discuss any particular legacy requests to Worksop College in confidence, please contact Lucy Smithson on l.smithson@wsnl.co.uk or 01909 537100. Alternatively, should you wish to talk to us in person, we would be delighted to meet you.

The 1895 Society

To thank those who have let us know that they are leaving a gift to Worksop College in their will, we have created the 1895 Society. Members are invited to special school events throughout the year, including a Dinner in the spring, where the Headmaster talks about current activities and future plans for the school.

So that we can invite you to join the 1895 Society, you can download a pledge form here, letting us know, in complete confidence, about your legacy and your wishes. Indicating your support on this form is encouraging to the school but it has no legal consequences. It does not limit your freedom to alter your will in the future and is simply a statement of your present intentions.

Foundation Donation Form

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If you are a UK taxpayer, Worksop College can claim back 25% of your donation through Gift Aid. Please tick the relevant box on your completed form to confirm that you would like us to Gift Aid your donation.